Often known as The Tree of Life, The Olive Tree is this month’s focus on Elementary Science. The passing of an Olive Branch has been longtime known as offering a sign of Peace. The Olive fruit, oil and leaves all have significant healing and strengthening properties for the human body. In Jesus’ Biblical times, Noah [...]
Basic science questions are common on College Entrance exams, Nursing entrance Exams, and Armed Services entrance exams. The following Science practice questions are similar to what you can expect to find on a standardized test. Basic Science Tutorials Great Selection of basic science topics from Jefferson County School website. Very comprehensive list of science and [...]
White Buffalo are extremely rare, and are actually named American Bison (American buffalo). Different from brown or water buffalo, The White Buffalo is considered to be a sacred sign for Native Americans, and thus have Great Spiritual importance for Prayer and Sacred Ceremony. Buffalos are normally brown in color; white buffalo come out of their [...]
Basic Chemistry is are common on many Nursing Entrance Exams as well as on many Teacher Certification Exams which have specialty certification exams. Here is a brief list of Teacher Certification exams that have Chemistry specialty tests. Praxis II, NYSTCE, MTTC, MTEL, ICTS, GACE, FTCE, CSET, CEOE/OSAT. Learn more about being a Certified Teacher at [...]
Over The Decades, we have watched many students come and go, both the young and the elderly, who had a tough time getting warm and staying warm in the winter, especially the international students. This article is to say Thank you to and share some of The Wisdom of our Northern Elders who taught us [...]
Since everyone is either having fun by the ocean side this summer, or dreaming about being by the ocean side, here is a Fun Summer Teaching Oceans Pop Quiz, to keep the Brain Fresh for the upcoming classes in the Fall: 1. Sea Turtles live in all the world’s oceans except the ____________. 2. Adult [...]
Sometimes Pop Quiz is fun in Science Class. Surprise them with this one and see how present the class is with their current knowledge of solar system and space facts! 1. Which Galaxy do we live in on Earth? Milky Way Galaxy 2. Is our Sun considered to be a Star or a Planet? A [...]
How about a “platy-lope” – an animal that is half platypus and half antelope? This week, have your students create a new species, and write about and draw a picture of their animal. Have them examine the qualities of different species, and combine them into what they think would be the most adaptable survivable animal. [...]
After 10-year effort that included icy waters diving, visual detecting robots into deep-black ocean depths, elaborate spy networks of microphones, scientists unveiled the results of finding 6,000 new ocean species. The 2010 Census of Marine Life, designed to catalog what lives in the ocean, where
Astronomers have discovered the smallest planet outside our Solar System, and the first that is definitely rocky like Earth. In September 2010, the 4th planet of the Red Dwarf star Gliese 581, appeared to be the best known example of a possible terrestrial exoplanet orbiting near its home star. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is [...]